Apistogramma agassizii ID

[skoram]

These were just labeled generic Apistogramma agassizii at the store I purchased them from but I'm wonder if they have a more specific designation.

Picture of the male:



Male with 2 females (I think):



This ad on another website made me wonder whether they are Tefe Bauana, the markings and colors on the male look very similar to the photos near the bottom:

http://www.a2be.net/front/php/product.php?product_no=1640&main_cate_no=38&display_group=1

 

[Mike Wise]

It is the holotype form of A. agassizii, found from the lower Río Ucayali in Peru to the lower Rio Negro in Brazil. I have seen wild populations like your fish from several locations in Peru and Brazil. Unless you know for certain where it was collected, there is no way to honestly give it a population name. Yours might even be a domestic fish produced from a mix of specimens from widely different locations.

 

[skoram]

Thank you Mike. Your ability to recognize these minute differences between hundreds of different Apistogramma variants is quite frankly amazing.